For one game, the Nease volleyball team looked like it might finally cave under the pressure.

Like always, that worry was short-lived. The Panthers lost the opening game of the District 4-4A tournament final 28-26 to Menendez Thursday night but stormed back to take the next three 25-16, 25-17, 25-18 and roll on to their seventh consecutive crown.

"Like the coaches said, they (Menendez) wanted it more than us in the first game," senior outside hitter Holland Hoefnagel said. "It definitely woke us up, though. And we started getting back to playing Nease volleyball."

The Nease High School volleyball team announced it will have five seniors sign to play at the college level on Nov. 10 at the school.

They are: Ashley Weinzimmer (Mountain State University), Savannah Cantrell (Radford University), Mariah McCallum (The University of Alabama at Birmingham), Holland Hoefnagel (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and Kamryn Sherman (Clemson). Senior Jasmine Evans remains undecided.

University of Tampa volleyball setter Meghan Sherman (Nease) was named the Sunshine State Conference offensive player of the week.

The senior, a member of The Record's All-Decade team and a two-time player of the year, led the Spartans to a 4-0 record during the week. She averaged 10 assists and two digs in that span. Tampa is the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II.